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T. J. SYLVESTER GAME. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1921.

Patented Ma 30, 1922."

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STATES PATENT G ME.

To all whom it may concern Bev it known that I, THOMAS 'J. SYLvEs'rER, a citizenv of the United-States, residing .at Philadelphia, in the countyiof Philadelphia and :State .of Pennsylvania, zhave invented new'and useful Improvements ma Game, of which the following is aispecification.

The object of the present invention isto :produce an interesting and instructivegame designed to. be played by two .o'r. 1nore. persons each. representing a. principal political body, and wherein a sphere arranged in a circular runway is caused, on manipulation of the device by the operator or player to enter radially arranged pockets which communicate with the runway, opposite each of said I pockets being imprinted the names of the States comprising the United States and the electoral vote to which each State is entitled, the player causing the sphere to enter the pockets having the most electoral votes winning the election, or rather the contest.

A further object is to produce a game or toy comprising a board which is preferably in the nature of a fiat disk or circular memher, having, adjacent to its periphery a continuous runway, and the said board being formed with radially disposed depressions providing pockets that communicate with the runway, the center of the board being ornamented with a historical or geographical emblem, or both, the board, opposite the pockets having imprinted thereon the names of the States'constituting the United-States and the electoral vote to which each State is entitled, the said States being divided into the Middle Atlantic States, Rocky Mountain or Pacific States, the Central States, and the Southern States, a sphere being arranged in the runway and designed to be caused to enter the several pockets whereby two or more players representing the principal political parties may play at election, the, figures designating the electoral votes of the several States, the manner in which the States "are divided into sections, the emblematic ornamentations on the board affording appropriate educational matter, while the playing of the game excites both interest and amusement.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement, and where- Figure 1 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the improvement,

Specifi tio f Letters Patent- Patented .May. .30, 19 22.

ApplicationfiIed May'ZB, 192i. -Seria1:No.:473,296. Y Y

As, disclosed by: the drawings,I make/use of ,a: iflstboard-l, which, however, is circular 1n.-plan.- :The.board,..adjacent .to the pe riphery thereof :is provided with a 'contin uousyru-nway 2;for .aspherelnot shown). Inward of the runway, but communicating thereWlth, thereare radially disposed :depressions forming pockets '13.; Oppositeeach pocket, the: board. has, imprinted thereon the names of theseveral-States in the. Unionland figures indicating the electoral votes ofjeach of said States. In the center of the board there is imprinted an historical or geographical emblem. In the present instance, Ihave illustrated a picture of Mt. Vernon, the former home and final resting place of the first President, and therebelow a facial resem blance of the first President of the United States. These impressions are surrounded by a broken circle which is indicated by the numeral 4, the said circle, at the ends thereof, having arrows 5 pointing in the direction of certain of the States opposite certain of the pockets. In the circle provided by the broken curved lines 4, and between the ar-- rows at the ends of the said broken lines, I I

words New England States, between the arrows opposite the -Rocky Mountains, or the Pacific States, the words Rocky Mountain or Pacific States, and between the arrows opposite the Central States, the words Central States. The data thus imprinted on the board affords appropriate educational matter to the players of the game. The sphere is placed in the runway 2 and is propelled therearound. The board is tilted by the player in an attempt to have the sphere enter certain pockets which repre sent certain desirable States to be gained by the player who represents one of the principal political parties. Each player is en titled to a certain amount of goes, and the player who causes the ball to enter the pockets that represent a majority of the States,

having radial depressions forming pockets which communicate with the runway and into which the sphere is designed to ,be guided, said board having imprinted thereon opposite'each pocket the name of the several States constituting the United States andfigures representing the electoral votes of the several States. 9

2. In a toy or game, as herein described,'-a

board having a circular depression providing the States being grouped to represent a di-:

vision of said States.

3. In a toy or game, as herein described aboard havlng a circular depression provlding a runway for a sphere and radial depressions providing pockets which communicate with the runway, said board, opposite each pocket having imprinted the name of a State thereon, and the number of pockets corresponding to the number of States in the Union, said board having further imprinted thereon the numbers indicating the electoral vote of the several States, and the names of the States being grouped torepresenta ,division ofsaid States, said board having imprinted. thereon a broken circle whose ends terminate in arrows directed'toward the .divisions of the States and having imprinted in the broken circle historical or geographical emblems. g 1

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THOMAS J. SYLVESTER. 

